oriGIn last General Assembly – held in Treviso in October 2017 – approved a “GIs sustainability strategy”. Following this, oriGIn concluded an agreement with the Food Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
Together with a sound multilateral legal framework for GIs (which must set in an transparent way a solid level of protection as a guarantee for all businesses and consumers around the world), oriGIn
In November 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) notified to the European Commission and the Member States the terms of a referral it received from the Spanish Supreme Court
On 20 December, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published a preliminary ruling in the ‘Champagner Sorbet’ case. The Comité Champagne (CIVC) had brought proceedings before a German court against
Le 20 décembre, la Cour de Justice de l’UE (CJUE) a publié sa décision dans l’affaire du « Champagner Sorbet ». Le Comité Champagne (CIVC) a saisi une Cour allemande contre la chaine
The European Commission published the calls for proposals for 2018 for: Simple programmes Multi programmes The deadline for submission is 12 April 2018 at 17.00. The calendar is the following: 29.3.2018: Deadline
Since January 2017, Turkey has a new law covering GIs (the Law No. 6769 on the Protection of Industrial Property Rights ). In application of articles 2 and 46 of such law, the
In December 2017, the EU and Japan agreed on the terms for a free trade agreement – the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). On GIs, the EPA provides a high level of protection for
The EU is preparing the accession to the Geneva Act of Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/ares-2017-6308027_en oriGIn is in favour of the accession by the EU to the
Following “Sièges de Liffol” (wood chair) and “Granite de Bretagne” (stone) , “Porcelaine de Limoges” is the third non-agricultural GI recognised by the National Institute of Intellectual property (INPI) of France under the
The EU and Mercosur have exchanged their GIs lists, and the opposition procedure is under way. With respect to the list of GIs submitted by Mercosur countries interested parties had until the 20th of
The EU and Mexico are currently negotiating the modernisation of the existing Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement (Global Agreement) signed in 1997 (and entered into force in 2000). On GIs, the
In the context of the reform of the Intellectual Property regime, of Myanmar, the “Pyihtaungsu Hluttaw Law” (“Draft Trademark Law”) was recently published for consultation. On 8 November, oriGIn submitted its contribution , to welcome
On 21 September, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada entered into force provisionally. CETA GIs provisions are therefore operational, as any other rule covering sectors of EU
The EU and China are currently negotiating a bilateral agreement on the protection of GIs. In this framework, an opposition procedure for the first list of GIs submitted by the parties (100 for
EU-Japan On 06 July, the EU and Japan have reached an overall deal on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. Read the summary of the negotiations and principles agreed. While some changes might still
oriGIn participated at the 2nd International Conference on Environment organized by Carabinieri’s Officers School in Rome on 19-20 May 2017. Mr Fernando Cano Treviño, Representative for Europe of the Consejo Regulador del Tequila
oriGIn participates at the annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA), taking place in Barcelona form 20-24 May 2017. Massimo Vittori, oriGIn Managing Director, will moderate the session on “Geographical Names and
An important update concerns foreign GIs protected under the sui generis system managed by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ). Recently, the “Measures
The Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA) has launched a new web portal to help agricultural organisations obtain EU funding for promotion, in particular under Regulation 1144/2014 on information provision and
The next WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) will take place in Geneva from 27 to 30 March 2017. On 28 March, an information session
